Tasting Notes 🍇

• Colour: Deep crimson with garnet reflections.
• Aromatics: Ripe plum, dark cherry and blackcurrant framed by subtle new leather, warm spices and delicate floral perfume.
• Palate: Plush and seamless. Plum and cherry flavours glide across the palate, supported by velvety tannins and refined alcohol balance. The texture is supple and elegant with impressive depth.
• Finish: Long, persistent and beautifully structured, delivering layers of fruit, spice and fine oak integration.

Winemaker’s Note

“Our Palladian Cabernet begins its life in 100 percent new French oak and never leaves until bottling. By fermenting and maturing entirely within barrel, we create an unparalleled integration of tannin and flavour, resulting in extraordinary refinement and harmony.”
— Fraser Gallop Estate Winemaking Team

Viticulture and Winemaking

• Variety: 100 percent Cabernet Sauvignon
• Region: Margaret River
• Fermentation: Destemmed, chilled fruit added directly to new 500L French oak puncheons
• Technique: Barrel fermented with rolling and plunging to extract fine tannins
• Maturation: 19 months in 100 percent new French oak puncheons
• Alcohol: 14 percent
• pH: 3.61
• TA: 5.9 g/L
• Residual Sugar: 0.45 g/L
• Style: Powerful, layered, elegant

Cellaring Potential ❄️

Drink now for bold fruit and refined oak presence, or cellar confidently for up to 10 more years. Over time expect the wine to develop notes of cedar, cigar box, graphite and savoury complexity while maintaining its core of dark, silky fruit.

Food Pairing Suggestions 🍽️

• Slow cooked beef short rib
• Roast lamb with rosemary and garlic
• Wagyu rump cap with smoked salt
• Aged cheddar or clothbound hard cheeses
• Duck breast with cherry glaze

FAQ Wine Terms 🧐

Why ferment Cabernet in barrel?
It allows tannins to integrate early and deeply, resulting in a smoother, more seamless palate.

Why use 100 percent new French oak?
Puncheons provide elegance and length without overwhelming the fruit.

What makes Palladian special?
Only the very best Cabernet fruit is selected and treated with the most labour-intensive methods at the estate. It is the pinnacle expression of Fraser Gallop.

Learn About Fraser Gallop Estate

Fraser Gallop Estate Winery stands as a distinguished winery nestled in the renowned Margaret River Wine Region, celebrated for its exceptional wines. With a string of prestigious awards and accolades to its name, including recognition for its dedication to quality, Fraser Gallop Estate epitomises excellence in winemaking.

Established in 1999, Fraser Gallop Estate Wines is at the heart of Margaret River’s Wilyabrup valley (20km) north of the town of Margaret River and six kilometres from the southwest coast of Western Australia. The Estate enjoys splendid isolation and a moderate maritime climate created by the Indian Ocean to the north and west.

The vineyard of Fraser Gallop Estate features undulating topography and gravelly laterite loams over clay subsoil providing superb conditions in order to grow Bordeaux and Burgundy grape varieties. The unique location, geography and climate conditions combine to imbue the colour, flavours and aromas found only in a Fraser Gallop Wine.

Our winery, designed by our winemaker and purpose-built in 2008, has a 300-tonne capacity. It is specifically designed in layout and size for the fermentation of Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Semillon Sauvignon Blanc blends.

Through minimal intervention, harnessing naturally occurring environmental yeasts, and employing a blend of traditional techniques and modern winemaking skills, we strive to create wines that exhibit balance and finesse upon release while possessing the structure and pedigree to flourish with careful cellaring.

Our Cabernet Sauvignon and Semillon Sauvignon Blanc wines develop their flavour, texture, and complexity in the finest quality French oak barrels sourced from renowned Bordelais cooperages for the Cabernet Sauvignon and Semillon Sauvignon Blanc blends, and Burgundian cooperages for the Chardonnay.

We offer free delivery on all orders within Perth over $75. We can also order in a Fraser Gallop wine we don’t stock, email us at info@partnersinwine.com.au

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